Country: | CHN |
Type: | Expwy |
Route: | 2 |
Map: | G2_map.svg |
Alternate Name: | Jinghu Expressway Chinese: 京沪高速 |
Length Km: | 1262 |
Length Ref: | [1] |
Established: | 18 December 2000 [2] |
Direction A: | North |
Terminus A: | 3rd Ring Road in Chaoyang, BJ |
Direction B: | South |
Terminus B: | Middle Ring Road in Putuo, SH |
Previous Type: | Expwy |
Previous Route: | 0122 |
Previous Dab: | Qinhuangdao–Shenyang Expressway |
Next Type: | Expwy |
Next Route: | 0211 |
Next Dab: | Tianjin–Shijiazhuang Expressway |
The Beijing–Shanghai Expressway designated as G2 and commonly abbreviated as the Jinghu Expressway is a major expressway of China, linking the capital Beijing in the north to Shanghai on the central coast. It extends 1262 kilometres in length, and was finished in 2006.
The expressway's name, Jinghu, is a combination of the two cities' one-character Chinese abbreviations: Jing stands for Beijing, while Hu stands for Shanghai. The trip from Beijing to Shanghai by automobile takes about ten hours to complete with multiple drivers taking shifts and under good road conditions.[3]
The expressway passes the following major cities: